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Lothar Doering

Lothar Doering is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

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Olympic medal record
Men's Handball
Olympics
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
Women's Handball
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1993 Norway Coach

Lothar Doering (born 23 October 1950 in Potsdam) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored twenty goals.1 He was the top scorer in the DDR-Oberliga Handball twice; in 1978-79 with 127 goals and in 1980-81 with 137 goals.2

He was the coach of the Germany women's national team from 1992-1994 and again in 1999. In his first period he won the 1993 World Championship.3

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  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lothar Doering". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "Torschützenkönige der DDR-Oberliga Männer" [Top scorers of the DDR-Oberliga Men]. DDR-Handball.de. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  3. "Vor 22 Jahren: Deutschlands Frauen sind Weltmeister" (in German). Handball-World. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
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